4/11/2022 COVID Update: The State of Maine no longer requires masking or proof of vaccination to attend any public events, but individual venues are free to do so. For the latest information, visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention or the State of Maine’s COVID site.

Nurturing Fathers

Educare Central Maine 56 Drummond Ave, Waterville, ME, United States

This thirteen-week program is tailored to meet the needs and learning styles of any male parenting a child! The class focuses on and explains: the roots of fathering, nurturing children and self, positive discipline methods, managing anger and resolving conflict, teamwork with partner, balancing work and fathering, and more. Class meets Wednesdays, September 13 – December […]

Free

Dissent as a Way of Life: Freedom, Jail, Love

Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Jinyan Zeng, the 2017 Oak Fellow, is a Chinese human rights activist and scholar who uses digital storytelling to expose and oppose political repression. She began her filmmaking career a decade ago while under house arrest in Beijing. In this her first public address to the Maine community, Zeng talks about the power of love […]

Free

Art Camp for Adults

Friends Camp 729 Lakeview Drive, South China, ME

Too old to come to a summer session? Come to ART CAMP, hosted at Friends Camp this fall. This 5-day, 4-night session will "explore creativity as a spiritual practice," build an intentional community, and have summer-campy fun. Read more here — registration opens this summer.

Colby Museum of Art Open House

Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Enjoy a celebration of the museum’s new exhibitions, including the 2017 Faculty Biennial show, featuring artists Bradley Borthwick, Bevin Engman, Gary Green, Amanda Lilleston, and Garry Mitchell. The opening reception kicks off at 4:30 p.m. with a faculty-artist panel discussion and family-friendly hands-on activities. Then at 6:30, join us for live music, food, and drinks.

Free

Ukulele Ensemble Class

The ukulele is now more popular than ever before and very affordable. This versatile instrument is no longer just for Hawaiian music, it is used for rock, jazz, classical, folk and even heavy metal. Learn to play chords and tunes, while also being introduced to tablature and music sight-reading. Prerequisites This class is recommended for […]

$50

Central Maine Tech Night

Hathaway Creative Center 10 Water Street, Waterville

Join Us for a Night Talking all Things  Technology and Innovation! Central Maine's technology community comes together for a fun night of collaboration, drinks, food, and networking. At Tech Night you will be connected with technologists that share a passion for learning, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. September Tech Talk From NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Software Development […]

Free

Opening Reception for Into the Forest

Common Street Art is pleased to present work by Maine artists Barbara Sullivan and Juliet Karelsen in the exhibition Into the Forest: Flora, Fauna, Lichen, Moss on view from September 13 through October 28, 2017. This exhibition will explore the themes of our natural environment, preservation, conservation, and biological diversity. Central Maine is a region […]

Free

A Night with author Earl Smith

Parker-Reed Room, Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

This evening will feature author Earl Smith in a conversation with Morning Sentinel journalist Amy Calder. A former Colby College dean, Smith is the author of five books including "Head of Falls," a book of historical fiction about a teenage Lebanese girl growing up on the riverfront in 1950's Waterville. Post-interview book signing opportunity will be […]

Free

Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute w/ The Fossils

Camden Bank Pocket Park 33 Main Street, Waterville, ME

If David Byrne is one of the geniuses of modern times, then Start Making Sense is a tribute to genius. The musicians in this 6 to 7-piece Talking Heads Tribute take pride in faithfully recreating the music of Talking Heads entire career. Together they bring much of the Heads unique live show to the stage, […]

$8 – $10

A Storytelling Showcase

Pleasant Street United Methodist Church 61 Pleasant Street, Waterville, ME
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Calendar Girls

Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States

September 15, 16, 22, 23 at 7:30 p.m. September 17 and 24 at 2:00 p.m. A portion of ticket sales will be donated to the Harold Alfond Cancer Center When Annie's husband John dies of leukemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage […]

$22 – $24

Community Rocks

Join Common Street Arts to build a “Community Rock,” in response to the current exhibition Into the Forest. Working with artist Juliet Karelsen, create and experiment with colors, textures, shapes and forms of lichens, mosses, rocks and other elements in our natural environment to create your own lichens! Then attach your creations to a “ommunity […]

Free

Moon Activities

L.C. Bates Museum, Good Will-Hinckley 14 Easler Road, Hinckley, ME

Why does the moon have phases? Explore all things related to Earth’s Moon!  Make a moon craft and learn all about the light in the night sky.

Let’s Go! Family Fun Celebration

Head of Falls Temple Street at Front Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Printable Version of the Family Fun Poster Celebrate the 2017/2018 Let's Go! Family Fun Series and kick off a new program year with these fun activities: 5-2-1-0 games and activities Kite making and flying (free kits for first 200 kids!) Trail Walks Musical Petting Zoo And More!!! The $500 L.L. Bean Gift Card winner will […]

Free

18th Annual Celebrity Dinner

It's Only a Few Weeks Away! ? Where else can you find a hula hoop contest, limbo challenge, and M.C. Jeff Peterson? Wax up your board, pack up your woodie, and dig out your best Hawaiian shirt for the Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center's biggest night of the year, the 18th annual Celebrity Dinner! […]

Invasive Forest Pests Workshop

7 Lakes Alliance 137 Main Street, Belgrade Lakes, ME

Dale Finseth and Art Grindle of the Kennebec Soil and Water Conservation District will present a workshop that will help landowners and users, landscape and forest professionals, and all residents of the state identify current and potential invasive forest pests, understand the threats to our forests and woodlands posed by these pests, and learn how to report […]

Free
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Auditions for Annie, the Musical

Audition Dates: Adults: September 18 and 19 at 6:00 p.m. Children: September 23 at 1:00 p.m. Performance Dates: December 1, 2, 8 at 7:30 p.m. December 3, 9, 10 at 2:00 p.m. For character descriptions and audition materials, visit www.operahouse.org/event/auditions-annie/

Teen Anime & Art Club: Folktales from Japan

Waterville Public Library 73 Elm Street, Waterville, ME

Come join us at the Waterville Public Library for our bi-weekly anime and art club! Already a fan or curious to know what it's all about? Enjoy old and new favorites, plus snacks and socializing! Every week we'll be screening a few episodes of a popular show! This week's show is "Folktales from Japan": "Like […]

Free

Bead with Us!

Have you always been intrigued with how beautiful jewelry pieces are made and wondered if you could learn how to make your own jewelry? This class starts you at the beginning of bead stringing and will get you familiar with various beading buzz words like findings, beading wire, and crimping just to name a few! […]

$35

Lunder Institute for American Art Inaugural Lecture

Given Auditorium, Bixler Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The museum invites you to celebrate the launch of the Lunder Institute for American Art with the inaugural artist in residence Theaster Gates. A sculptor, musician, urban planner, and community organizer, Gates will discuss his work combining art and social progress to transform and revitalize urban neighborhoods. Join us at 5 p.m. for a reception in the William […]

Free

Dining for Dollars

Mainely Brews 1 Post Office Square, Waterville, ME

Whose Streets?

Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Screening and Q&A with Director Sabaah Folayan Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the […]

Free

Origins: Order vs. Chaos

Room 100, Lovejoy Building, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

Does our universe have a finite origin or has it existed unchanged for all eternity? Either answer has profound implications about the nature of our reality. Dale Kocevski, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, will discuss how astronomers came to the conclusion that the universe, and time itself, had a beginning in the Big Bang about […]

Free

Democracy in a Hotter Time

Room 1, Olin Science Center, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME

The present crisis in U.S. democracy has its origins in our history and political system. Much the same can be said for our slow and inadequate response to climate change now underway. David W. Orr, counselor to the president at Oberlin College and Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, Emeritus, will discuss how […]

Free

Neither Wolf Nor Dog

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Hayden Anderson of the Maine Humanities Council will facilitate a discussion of the movie after the Tuesday, 7 p.m. screening. As part of the discussion, Esther Anne and Penthea Burns of Maine–Wabanaki REACH and Jackie Crow Shoe of the Center for Tribes will share their thoughts on the film. Group discussion will follow. For more information, visit mainehumanities.org/event/neither-wolf-nor-dog/ A […]

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